Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 2 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 3 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
| 4 | If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then |
| 5 | If I had it on a solid floor , but it 's got ta go , do n't forget it 's on a a wooden floor . |
| 6 | If I kicked him on the shin I bet he 'd limp away and not even glance to see who 'd done it . |
| 7 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 8 | No but I 'll , if I say it on every tape she might get the hint . |
| 9 | If I see anything on the subject it goes into the file , and eventually I have enough material for a book or an article . ’ |
| 10 | if I see anything on the table I 'll just pop it in a freezer bag |
| 11 | I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for |
| 12 | If I call you on the phone I 'll ring twice , put down the receiver , do the same thing again . |
| 13 | The vermouth was dark red , and I wondered what my mother would do if I poured it on the mushroom-coloured carpet — very slowly . |
| 14 | I did n't realise how clear her speech was until I heard it on the tape . |
| 15 | Unless I put them on the outside wood . |
| 16 | Then I nearly fell over when Hywel walked in because I met him on the mountain and he gave me the eye . ’ |
| 17 | No I want another half because I want something on the other one . |
| 18 | ‘ Just a moment , ’ she said , ‘ till I find you on the computer . ’ |
| 19 | Sometimes Benjamin would play on the lute he always carried , whilst I accompanied him on the rebec . |
| 20 | ‘ After I saw him on a TV programme I phoned him . |
| 21 | Before I put her on the plane for London I told her everything was over between us and I 've just reiterated that . |
| 22 | ‘ Sorry , but I really , truly can not help you now , ’ I say , just before I dispatch them on a current running down towards St Malo . |
| 23 | At the end of the day I thought it looked very attractive , but whether it will catch the eye of a customer when I display it on the craft stall is another matter . |
| 24 | As I say , I only get 36 off the social and when I get it on a Monday , I usually spend 30 right away on food for the kids . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean to go to Italy one day , as my brother has done , ’ she told me , when I discovered her on a stone bench in the garden , reading a book . |
| 26 | ‘ She looked well enough to me when I saw her on the cake section of the WI stall yesterday morning ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I promised myself I 'd smash his handsome face when I saw him on the prison-ship . |
| 28 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 29 | When I met you on the road to Hay last night , I almost thought you had put a spell on my horse ! |
| 30 | When I rest it on the table it shudders and then sighs . |